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Q: Our home was built in 1946 and has a serious electrical problem. The previous owner replaced the old fuse box with a breaker panel and replaced the old 2-prong wall outlets with 3-prong outlets.

I had a call from a reader touching on a subject involving areas I have discussed before — when you have visible knob and tube wiring in any area of your home whether it be the attic, garage or ...

A kitchen remodel is one of the few home projects that lets you hide almost every trace of what came before. New cabinets, stone counters, and sleek appliances can make even a tired 1970s galley feel ...

Corrosion wreaks havoc on big robust connectors like this. What do you think happens in systems that need to detect changes of mere millivolts? The day will come when trucks no longer have hood ...

Investigators said an electrical wiring problem caused Sunday morning’s fire in the attic of a Lee’s Summit home. The fire started just before 6 a.m. at a home on Southwest Jefferson Street. All of ...